Dr. Amy King-Henry
@amykhenry.bsky.social
UC-AFT Lecturer in the Masters in Conservation and Restoration Science Program at UC Irvine and UAW 4811 Project Scientist with UCI Environmental Collaboratory. Marine ecology, RStats, and conservation biology! https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0437-5937
I just backed The Frog Fortress: The Ultimate Habitat for Frogs on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/con...
The Frog Fortress: The Ultimate Habitat for Frogs
Innovative habitats engineered to attract local frogs to your backyard
www.kickstarter.com
July 29, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I just backed The Frog Fortress: The Ultimate Habitat for Frogs on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/con...
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COMMENT NOW!!! FDA plans to restrict availability of COVID vaccine to those over 65 and with pre-existing condtions. There is no science backing this decision. Only 2 days to comment.
The FDA is giving folks TWO DAYS to comment on this! Go and make your voice heard now: www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
May 22, 2025 at 2:56 AM
COMMENT NOW!!! FDA plans to restrict availability of COVID vaccine to those over 65 and with pre-existing condtions. There is no science backing this decision. Only 2 days to comment.
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🚨 Action alert: Two days left!!
Help protect NSF/NIH from political interference.
👎 A new rule (Sched. F) would allow for replacing career program officers with political appointees.
➡️ Action: Object here by THIS FRIDAY. Comments can be brief and/or anonymous. Helps future litigation.
Help protect NSF/NIH from political interference.
👎 A new rule (Sched. F) would allow for replacing career program officers with political appointees.
➡️ Action: Object here by THIS FRIDAY. Comments can be brief and/or anonymous. Helps future litigation.
Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing a rule to increase career employee accountability. Agency supervisors report great difficulty removing employees for poor performance or misconduc...
www.federalregister.gov
May 21, 2025 at 10:31 PM
🚨 Action alert: Two days left!!
Help protect NSF/NIH from political interference.
👎 A new rule (Sched. F) would allow for replacing career program officers with political appointees.
➡️ Action: Object here by THIS FRIDAY. Comments can be brief and/or anonymous. Helps future litigation.
Help protect NSF/NIH from political interference.
👎 A new rule (Sched. F) would allow for replacing career program officers with political appointees.
➡️ Action: Object here by THIS FRIDAY. Comments can be brief and/or anonymous. Helps future litigation.
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URGENT ACTION FOR NSF GRANTEES.
For current & recent (since 2020) awards, archive your award history this afternoon/tonight. Screenshot/download/print your work in research.gov & alert your partners.
We have credible threats to integrity of awards tracking systems (via @jeremymberg.bsky.social)
For current & recent (since 2020) awards, archive your award history this afternoon/tonight. Screenshot/download/print your work in research.gov & alert your partners.
We have credible threats to integrity of awards tracking systems (via @jeremymberg.bsky.social)
April 24, 2025 at 10:44 PM
URGENT ACTION FOR NSF GRANTEES.
For current & recent (since 2020) awards, archive your award history this afternoon/tonight. Screenshot/download/print your work in research.gov & alert your partners.
We have credible threats to integrity of awards tracking systems (via @jeremymberg.bsky.social)
For current & recent (since 2020) awards, archive your award history this afternoon/tonight. Screenshot/download/print your work in research.gov & alert your partners.
We have credible threats to integrity of awards tracking systems (via @jeremymberg.bsky.social)
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Fossil prep job at the @alfpaleo.bsky.social in Southern California! Full time + benefits!
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workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
Recruitment
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April 4, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Fossil prep job at the @alfpaleo.bsky.social in Southern California! Full time + benefits!
workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
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ECHINODERM JOB! Collection Manager at the Los Angeles County Museum! workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
more on the LACM collection here: nhm.org/research-col...
more on the LACM collection here: nhm.org/research-col...
March 31, 2025 at 5:57 PM
ECHINODERM JOB! Collection Manager at the Los Angeles County Museum! workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
more on the LACM collection here: nhm.org/research-col...
more on the LACM collection here: nhm.org/research-col...
Exciting application of AI for conservation! I first heard about this project from my cousin, who is part of the team taking this to a for-profit product. Love ti see it getting some buzz!
Ping, You’ve Got Whale
A new artificial intelligence-powered detection system is giving ship captains real-time alerts when a whale is in their path.
by @ashleybraun.bsky.social
www.biographic.com/ping-youve-g...
A new artificial intelligence-powered detection system is giving ship captains real-time alerts when a whale is in their path.
by @ashleybraun.bsky.social
www.biographic.com/ping-youve-g...
Ping, You've Got Whale - bioGraphic
A new artificial intelligence-powered detection system is giving ship captains real-time alerts when a whale is in their path.
www.biographic.com
March 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Exciting application of AI for conservation! I first heard about this project from my cousin, who is part of the team taking this to a for-profit product. Love ti see it getting some buzz!
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Happy to share that my first solo-authored paper is now published in the Annual Review of Statistics and Its Application.
📑 Reproducibility in the Classroom
🔗 www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
📑 Reproducibility in the Classroom
🔗 www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Reproducibility in the Classroom | Annual Reviews
Difficulties in reproducing results from scientific studies have lately been referred to as a reproducibility crisis. Scientific practice depends heavily on scientific training. What gets taught in th...
www.annualreviews.org
March 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Happy to share that my first solo-authored paper is now published in the Annual Review of Statistics and Its Application.
📑 Reproducibility in the Classroom
🔗 www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
📑 Reproducibility in the Classroom
🔗 www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
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Bluetorial: Women, courage, and leadership
What follows will include some generalizations based on population averages of what I have experienced over the course of my career. There are, of course, exceptions in every group who are substantially more to one extreme or the other.
What follows will include some generalizations based on population averages of what I have experienced over the course of my career. There are, of course, exceptions in every group who are substantially more to one extreme or the other.
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ALT: a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on
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March 9, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Bluetorial: Women, courage, and leadership
What follows will include some generalizations based on population averages of what I have experienced over the course of my career. There are, of course, exceptions in every group who are substantially more to one extreme or the other.
What follows will include some generalizations based on population averages of what I have experienced over the course of my career. There are, of course, exceptions in every group who are substantially more to one extreme or the other.
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If you have time in your life to read only one of @jeremymberg.bsky.social’s bluetorials, please read this one
Bluetorial: Women, courage, and leadership
What follows will include some generalizations based on population averages of what I have experienced over the course of my career. There are, of course, exceptions in every group who are substantially more to one extreme or the other.
What follows will include some generalizations based on population averages of what I have experienced over the course of my career. There are, of course, exceptions in every group who are substantially more to one extreme or the other.
a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on
ALT: a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on
media.tenor.com
March 9, 2025 at 8:08 AM
If you have time in your life to read only one of @jeremymberg.bsky.social’s bluetorials, please read this one
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Here is a sign-on letter for individual scientists and other experts to speak out and protect NOAA. I signed it and I encourage you to sign it as well.
secure.ucsusa.org/a/2025-prote... 🌎🧪🦑🐠
secure.ucsusa.org/a/2025-prote... 🌎🧪🦑🐠
Science at Risk: Protect NOAA
Scientists & experts: Add your name to this open letter calling on Congress and the Trump administration to ensure that NOAA and its sub-agencies remain fully funded and staffed, and that the independ...
secure.ucsusa.org
February 21, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Here is a sign-on letter for individual scientists and other experts to speak out and protect NOAA. I signed it and I encourage you to sign it as well.
secure.ucsusa.org/a/2025-prote... 🌎🧪🦑🐠
secure.ucsusa.org/a/2025-prote... 🌎🧪🦑🐠
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A thread of #ConservationJobs (and career resources) in conservation-related science, policy, practice, communication, etc.
I'll add to it over time. Focus will be mostly in Canada, with occasional posts for other parts of the world.
Share job ads with me and I'll link here.
🌎🧪
I'll add to it over time. Focus will be mostly in Canada, with occasional posts for other parts of the world.
Share job ads with me and I'll link here.
🌎🧪
September 18, 2024 at 3:59 PM
A thread of #ConservationJobs (and career resources) in conservation-related science, policy, practice, communication, etc.
I'll add to it over time. Focus will be mostly in Canada, with occasional posts for other parts of the world.
Share job ads with me and I'll link here.
🌎🧪
I'll add to it over time. Focus will be mostly in Canada, with occasional posts for other parts of the world.
Share job ads with me and I'll link here.
🌎🧪
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JOB: Conservation Data Analyst, @bcparksfdn.bsky.social
* Full-time, salary $58k-64k/yr
* Based in Vancouver, hybrid
* "... use geospatial technology and other analytical tools..."
* No deadline given and no date posted. I suppose apply ASAP?
lnkd.in/grVGCtCy
#ConservationJobs #GISJobs
* Full-time, salary $58k-64k/yr
* Based in Vancouver, hybrid
* "... use geospatial technology and other analytical tools..."
* No deadline given and no date posted. I suppose apply ASAP?
lnkd.in/grVGCtCy
#ConservationJobs #GISJobs
February 14, 2025 at 2:43 AM
JOB: Conservation Data Analyst, @bcparksfdn.bsky.social
* Full-time, salary $58k-64k/yr
* Based in Vancouver, hybrid
* "... use geospatial technology and other analytical tools..."
* No deadline given and no date posted. I suppose apply ASAP?
lnkd.in/grVGCtCy
#ConservationJobs #GISJobs
* Full-time, salary $58k-64k/yr
* Based in Vancouver, hybrid
* "... use geospatial technology and other analytical tools..."
* No deadline given and no date posted. I suppose apply ASAP?
lnkd.in/grVGCtCy
#ConservationJobs #GISJobs
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📣 JOB ALERT📣
The Silbiger Lab is hiring a full time research tech @ University of Hawai’i at Mānoa to support research on intertidal ecology in Hawai’i & coral reef/coastal oceanography in Okinawa, Japan. RCUH ID: 225085 application link below. 1 year to start, but have several years of funding.
The Silbiger Lab is hiring a full time research tech @ University of Hawai’i at Mānoa to support research on intertidal ecology in Hawai’i & coral reef/coastal oceanography in Okinawa, Japan. RCUH ID: 225085 application link below. 1 year to start, but have several years of funding.
February 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
📣 JOB ALERT📣
The Silbiger Lab is hiring a full time research tech @ University of Hawai’i at Mānoa to support research on intertidal ecology in Hawai’i & coral reef/coastal oceanography in Okinawa, Japan. RCUH ID: 225085 application link below. 1 year to start, but have several years of funding.
The Silbiger Lab is hiring a full time research tech @ University of Hawai’i at Mānoa to support research on intertidal ecology in Hawai’i & coral reef/coastal oceanography in Okinawa, Japan. RCUH ID: 225085 application link below. 1 year to start, but have several years of funding.
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Effective today, new regulations on #NIH grants will gut UC research funding by hundreds of millions of dollars annually. The University strongly opposes this directive and has submitted a declaration in support of California Attorney General Rob Bonta's suit to block these cuts. bit.ly/3QfhNTv
UC supports legal action against misguided plan to cut vital NIH research funds
UC today (Feb. 10) submitted a declaration in support of the California Attorney General’s suit against the federal government in response to new guidance issued by the National Institutes of Health (...
bit.ly
February 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Effective today, new regulations on #NIH grants will gut UC research funding by hundreds of millions of dollars annually. The University strongly opposes this directive and has submitted a declaration in support of California Attorney General Rob Bonta's suit to block these cuts. bit.ly/3QfhNTv
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I am excited to announce that my third book will be an ocean conservation science and policy textbook!
If you're an ocean scientist, a frontline conservation practitioner, or an educator, we'd sure love your input on how to make this book as useful for everyone as possible!
See next post
🧪🦑🌎🦈🐟
If you're an ocean scientist, a frontline conservation practitioner, or an educator, we'd sure love your input on how to make this book as useful for everyone as possible!
See next post
🧪🦑🌎🦈🐟
February 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I am excited to announce that my third book will be an ocean conservation science and policy textbook!
If you're an ocean scientist, a frontline conservation practitioner, or an educator, we'd sure love your input on how to make this book as useful for everyone as possible!
See next post
🧪🦑🌎🦈🐟
If you're an ocean scientist, a frontline conservation practitioner, or an educator, we'd sure love your input on how to make this book as useful for everyone as possible!
See next post
🧪🦑🌎🦈🐟
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Okay, I cannot recommend 5calls.org enough. Enter your address and it will find all your reps (federal and state). AND give you a list of issues to call about AND which reps to call about each of them AND a little script for each, in case it's helpful. They have an app, too.
5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
5calls.org
January 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Okay, I cannot recommend 5calls.org enough. Enter your address and it will find all your reps (federal and state). AND give you a list of issues to call about AND which reps to call about each of them AND a little script for each, in case it's helpful. They have an app, too.
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Jokes on them, trying to get people to quit science. The exact people who have track record of inhuman amounts of stubbornness in the face of all odds and fear.
I promise at least 74 practicing marine biologists have been colder, wetter, and more stubborn then they could ever imagine
I promise at least 74 practicing marine biologists have been colder, wetter, and more stubborn then they could ever imagine
January 29, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Jokes on them, trying to get people to quit science. The exact people who have track record of inhuman amounts of stubbornness in the face of all odds and fear.
I promise at least 74 practicing marine biologists have been colder, wetter, and more stubborn then they could ever imagine
I promise at least 74 practicing marine biologists have been colder, wetter, and more stubborn then they could ever imagine
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Academic workers across the country are organizing to call on our congressional representatives on Thursday, 1/30, at 3pm ET / 12pm PT to demand these restrictions be lifted immediately.
There will be a training over zoom at the beginning of the event.
Join us!
form.jotform.com/250226137228...
There will be a training over zoom at the beginning of the event.
Join us!
form.jotform.com/250226137228...
Join researchers across the country in fighting restrictions on the NIH
Please click the link to complete this form.
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January 28, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Academic workers across the country are organizing to call on our congressional representatives on Thursday, 1/30, at 3pm ET / 12pm PT to demand these restrictions be lifted immediately.
There will be a training over zoom at the beginning of the event.
Join us!
form.jotform.com/250226137228...
There will be a training over zoom at the beginning of the event.
Join us!
form.jotform.com/250226137228...
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As expected, the Trump team is already deleting climate info from government websites. In anticipation, our team at Urban Ocean Lab created a permanent archive of 100+ key resources and published a permanent archive: www.urbanoceanlab.org/resource-hub 👩🏽💻
January 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM
As expected, the Trump team is already deleting climate info from government websites. In anticipation, our team at Urban Ocean Lab created a permanent archive of 100+ key resources and published a permanent archive: www.urbanoceanlab.org/resource-hub 👩🏽💻
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Here is a draft you can use to reach out to your Elected Reps about the devastating impact on NIH:
find them here: www.bioniclab.org/news/nihexec...
find them here: www.bioniclab.org/news/nihexec...
B.I.O.N.I.C. Lab - NIHExecutiveOrder2025
https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm
https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative (use both home and work
www.bioniclab.org
January 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Here is a draft you can use to reach out to your Elected Reps about the devastating impact on NIH:
find them here: www.bioniclab.org/news/nihexec...
find them here: www.bioniclab.org/news/nihexec...
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I just reached out to my senators about the NIH situation. If you need to find out how much impact NIH has in your state in terms of dollars in and their economic impact here's a link: www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
NIH In Your State - United For Medical Research
Select a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America.
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org
January 22, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I just reached out to my senators about the NIH situation. If you need to find out how much impact NIH has in your state in terms of dollars in and their economic impact here's a link: www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
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I suspect most of my followers know but this is a case where actual scientists calling Congress — both houses, both parties — and making a BIG stink FAST can possibly make a difference. Gonna make my calls as soon as I'm out of lab
“The impact of the collective executive orders and directives appears devastating.” scim.ag/40ureTO
Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring
Researchers facing
scim.ag
January 23, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I suspect most of my followers know but this is a case where actual scientists calling Congress — both houses, both parties — and making a BIG stink FAST can possibly make a difference. Gonna make my calls as soon as I'm out of lab
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We don’t need better stories. We need to be humble. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The effect of seeing scientists as intellectually humble on trust in scientists and their research - Nature Human Behaviour
Across five pre-registered studies, Koetke et al. find that perceptions of scientists’ intellectual humility positively affect the perceived trustworthiness of scientists and their research.
www.nature.com
January 19, 2025 at 12:03 AM
We don’t need better stories. We need to be humble. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Here's a small weird potentially good thing: The USPS website is still, as of a few minutes ago, processing requests under the free covid test program. No idea when that'll be shut down, but it hasn't been yet.
COVID Home Tests | USPS
COVID Home Tests | USPS
special.usps.com
January 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Here's a small weird potentially good thing: The USPS website is still, as of a few minutes ago, processing requests under the free covid test program. No idea when that'll be shut down, but it hasn't been yet.